Member Since November 2013
About
Jennifer Benz is Founder and CEO of Benz Communications, a boutique consulting and marketing firm headquartered in San Francisco. She has been on the leading edge of employee benefits for nearly 15 years—starting with early adopter consumer driven health plans and now with innovations in wellness, social media and health care reform. A well-known expert, Jen recently testified before the Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council regarding retirement education, and was named one of Workforce Magazine’s “Game Changers.” Jen serves as the program chair for the HR Executive Health and Benefits Leadership Conference, and is widely quoted in publications, including Employee Benefit News, Human Resource Executive, The Conference Board Review and Workforce. She speaks and writes as an authority on the changing benefits landscape—particularly the areas of health care reform, social media and the critical role of effective communication. At Benz Communications, Jen leads a team of 25 and serves Fortune 500 companies, including several of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For. They create results-focused and data-driven communication strategies and campaigns—including custom websites, videos and print materials—that have won top honors from Business Insurance, the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), the Profit Sharing Council of America, Employee Benefit News and others. For the last two years, Benz Communications has ranked on the San Francisco Business Times’ lists of the 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area and Top 100 Women-Owned Businesses in the Bay area, as well as on the Inc 5000, which lists the fastest-growing privately held companies nation-wide. Prior to starting Benz Communications, Jen spent seven years at Hewitt Associates (now Aon Hewitt). She holds a BS in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. A long-time San Francisco resident, she devotes much time to pro bono work with nonprofits in her community
Jennifer Benz
Published content
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Employer-sponsored health benefits are a valuable way to attract and retain talent -- provided you openly share and promote your program with employees.
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Jun 4, 2014
Jennifer Benz, founder of Benz Communications, shares the wisdom passed down from her entrepreneur parents.
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Benz Communications
Company bio
Benz Communications is an award-winning HR and employee benefits communications consulting firm. Benz Communications is a well-known firm, serving talent-focused large employers, including top technology and financial services companies as well as prestigious universities.